A Multicultural Family!

Yesterday, I met a new brother in Christ for the first time and ended up being invited to his home for dinner and a time of prayer. I usually would say no when someone I just met invites me to his home but something made me to say yes and boy I'm glad I did! It was such a blessing to meet his whole family and hear their passion for God and church.

Not going into the details about their life, one thing I can share is that the brother I met is a Vietnamese-American and his wife is a Mexican-American. The husband came to the States when he was really young so he speaks English fluently and Vietnamese a little, whereas the wife could only speak Spanish when they first met about 7 years ago. Now, she can communicate in English pretty well and he can understand Spanish pretty good too! Yesterday at the dinner table, we had some Mexican soup with rice and soy sauce. How more multicultural a family can be?

Right now they are going to a Spanish-speaking church where the husband uses a simultaneous interpretation device to understand what's going on. And, he has shared with me his desire to find an English-speaking church for himself as well so he can go to two churches on Sunday (one for himself and one for his family).

Of course, my mind immediately started to take off on how a church like CHURCH IN THE CITY can potentially meet the needs of a family like his. Could we possibly be a church that is predominantly done in English but still be available to meet the needs of those who might have limited English skills? I think we can and we will work hard toward that goal.

There was so much more to my meeting with him yesterday, and I was very blessed and encouraged to meet another brother and family fired up for God. May the Lord bless this family and use them in very special ways, and may the Lord equip our church so that we may be able to serve such a family!